In article <DyWRf.6222$a97.3444@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.veri o.net>,
Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> writes[color=blue]
>REH wrote:[color=green]
>> Gernot Frisch wrote:
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>>>>ich gebe mit folgendem Code den text auf dem Dokument aus und kann
>>>>ihn
>>>>so in der Druckvorschau ansehen befor ich ihn drucke.
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>3 problems here.
>>>- newsgroup is english[/color]
>>
>>
>> Really? I know the majority of the members (if not all) speak English
>> and that it helps to have a common language. I do not believe, though,
>> that there is any mandate that posters must use English.[/color]
>
>No, I couldn't locate the original charter for 'comp.lang.c++' which leads
>me to believe that it had outlived its usefulness at some point in the
>past. However, there is the "Welcome" message posted here regularly that
>_is_ in English[/color]
I bet it's in American :-)
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>The last thing I'd like to mention goes to respect and less to common
>sense in Usenet postings. If one posts in a language that is not usually
>spoken (written/read) in a newsgroup, he/she effectively *forcefully*
>excludes those who don't understand that language from the discussion,
>thus discriminating without a good reason.[/color]
You don't know that.
Also by insisting on English you are also excluding a large part of the
world that don't use English.
I don't know what is going to happen when the Chinese eventually get
open access to the Internet NG's what does Chines look like in ASCII?
:-)
BTW I note The IEEE recently excluded large parts of it's membership
recently whilst the US engaged in a war for Democracy :-)
People can use any language they like. It just restricts the number of
people who can reply to them. Either more people will start using
German (or what ever) or they won't. Natural selection.
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>The same goes to posts with
>OS-specific or compiler-specific subjects, and that's why they are met
>with criticism.[/color]
Agreed.
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